There are four different species of gar in Texas ... in length and weigh up to 80 pounds. Alligator gar, the second-largest freshwater fish in North America, are wider and have a distinct short ...

Scientists discovered new fish species. These include a blob-headed catfish, a tiny pipehorse, and three pacu species.

and Confair once held a previous state record for the species. When he put the gar in the boat, his handheld weigh scale registered 19 pounds. “I figured it would be a state-record fish,” he said.